Closes: 28 November 2025
Classification: Pharmacist Level 2/3
Salary: $97,362 - $126,550 (up to $132,802 on achieving a personal upgrade), plus superannuation
Position No: OW0
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 24 November 2025
Contact Officer: Justin Tenney on or
What can we offer you:
* Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
* Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
* Flexible working conditions.
* 12% Superannuation.
* Access to Employee Assistance Program.
* Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
* Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
* Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates. (subject to review and approval)
About the Role:
Are you an experienced hospital pharmacist looking to join an intensive care team that values a team-based approach?Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking pharmacist to join our dynamic clinical pharmacy team on site at the newly built intensive care unit at The Canberra Hospital.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a progressive department that values innovation, collaboration, and professional growth—while contributing directly to high-quality, patient-centred care. Whether you're looking to further develop your ICU experience or your hospital clinical skills in an intensive care area, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patient care while continuing to grow professionally.
Why join us?
Expanded Cutting-edge Facilities: The ACT Government has expanded the Canberra Hospital to deliver more emergency, surgical and critical care capacity for the ACT and surrounding region. The centrepiece of this project is the 43,000sqm Critical Services Building that has transformed the Canberra Hospital campus to meet the growing health needs of our community. The 36-bed critical care unit treats over 2,500 patients a year from Canberra and the surrounding NSW area.
Professional Development: Access training and development resources to build your clinical skills and support your progression as a hospital pharmacist. The department runs a successful AdPha Accredited Residency Training Program, an excellent intern training program and is accredited for several Registrar Training Residency Programs, including Critical Care. At CHS you will get the opportunity to work alongside other experienced ICU pharmacists to develop and learn from each other.
Innovative Practice: Be part of a department that leads the way in enhancing scope of practice and different ways of working, such as credentialed accuracy checking technicians, Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting and remote clinical pharmacy services implemented to enhance our onsite services. A strong, team-first environment where pharmacists at all levels are welcomed, supported, and given meaningful responsibility. You will join regular multidisciplinary ward rounds where pharmacists' clinical observations and recommendations are actively sought and discussed alongside intensivists, nurses, and allied health.
What you will gain:
* Opportunities to innovate, mentor, and shape the future of pharmacy practice.
* Opportunities to supervise and mentor junior staff, and contribute to departmental education and research
* Experience with a collaborative team culture that supports learning, innovation, and excellence.
* Genuine job satisfaction through meaningful clinical work and being part of a department that values your contribution.
* A rewarding role where your interventions measurably improve patient care and safety.
* Hands-on experience with advanced ICU therapeutics, monitoring technologies, and complex medication regimens.
* Clear professional mentorship with personalised development plans and competency mapping. Tangible portfolio evidence for future specialist pharmacy applications.
Notes: This is a temporary position available for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency. This position includes working shifts outside of standard business hours. Candidates will be expected to be routinely rostered anywhere between the standard pharmacist hours coverage of 7:30am to 5:30pm.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
* Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
* Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
* Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
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Note
This is a temporary position available for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency. This position includes working shifts outside of standard business hours.
Career interest categories:
Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services